From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsugar-coatedˌsugar-ˈcoated adjective 1 DFcovered with sugar sugar-coated cereals2 BETTERused to describe something that is made to seem better than it really is
Examples from the Corpus
sugar-coated• The 28 Fluanxol pills are pink, round and sugar-coated and were in foiled paper in a cardboard box.• The movie offers a sugar-coated view of lower middle-class life. 